Meaning of Rode | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).
2. The line from a vessel to its anchor.
3. A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

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Examples

“Thomas Carlysle, &c. rode a Forrey to Dunglas, and there seased and brought away 80 Nolt, 200 Shepe, 22 Naggs. A Rode made to a Stede called the Hayrebed, and there they gate 30 Nolt, 3 or 4 Naggs.”

“There dwelt a ſaluage nation, which did liue / Of ſtealth and ſpoile, and making nightly rode / Into their neighbours borders[…]”

“And Achiſh said, Whither haue ye made a rode to day? And Dauid said, Againſt the South of Iudah, and againſt the South of the Ierahmeelites, and againſt the South of the Kenites.”

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